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Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.
Edward Platt
- Sheriff J.C. Marson
- (as Edward C. Platt)
Chris Alcaide
- Dick Lawrence
- (uncredited)
Carl Andre
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Walter Beaver
- Little Willie
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector John Sturges hired several hundred Papago Native Americans to play Indians in this film.
- Goofs20 minutes into film, Jim Slater riding from Indians, holsters his pistol and it bounces out. Next scene shows his pistol back in the holster.
- Quotes
Jim Slater: Oh no, not again! You know, a man can get awful tired of bein' shot at.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Svengoolie: Indestructible Man (2021)
Featured review
Learning Some Horrible Truths
Donna Reed comes upon Richard Widmark at a place called Gila Valley where five men were massacred by Indians and one man escaped with $60,000.00. Three of the five men were identified, but none of the deceased is either Widmark's father or Reed's husband. Of course both are hunting for their respective relations.
The search yields some truths that neither one is willing to face up to. But both seek and find support and comfort in the other.
Backlash as a previous reviewer remarked is almost like a detective story set in the west. John Sturges gets some find performances out of his cast.
The two who stand out and steal the film from the stars are William Campbell as a punk gunfighter and John McIntire as the amoral outlaw leader in whose hands Widmark and Reed fall into at the end of their odyssey.
No studio backlots for this western, good location photography and a very nice plot distinguish this film. Catch it the next time AMC runs it.
The search yields some truths that neither one is willing to face up to. But both seek and find support and comfort in the other.
Backlash as a previous reviewer remarked is almost like a detective story set in the west. John Sturges gets some find performances out of his cast.
The two who stand out and steal the film from the stars are William Campbell as a punk gunfighter and John McIntire as the amoral outlaw leader in whose hands Widmark and Reed fall into at the end of their odyssey.
No studio backlots for this western, good location photography and a very nice plot distinguish this film. Catch it the next time AMC runs it.
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- Budget
- $1,025,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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